[Digikam-users] Read/Write to sidecar files is grayed out (Digikam 2.6.0 on Gentoo)

[Peter Albrecht]

Hi!

Sorry, Carlos! Your last email arrived a little bit late at
me. So please ignore my previous email.

Regards,
	Peter

On 02.10.2012 09:48, Peter Albrecht wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> according to your forum post:
>   http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-p-7152384.html#7152384
> this problem seems to be solved.
> 
> Or do you need any further help on this issue?
> 
> Regards,
> 	Peter (another Gentoo user)
> 
> On 01.10.2012 08:06, Gilles Caulier wrote:
>> I remember i problem in libkexiv2 KDE interface about how to manage
>> XMP flage with KExiv2::XMPSupport() method. Update libkexiv2 and all
>> will be fine...
>>
>> Gilles Caulier
>>
>> 2012/10/1 Carlos Barahona <cbarahonae at gmail.com>:
>>> Thanks for your answer.
>>> I don't know if you are used to Gentoo Portage, but I have the XMP USE flag
>>> defined in make.conf, so anything should compile with XMP support.
>>> Anyway, I have recompiled exiv2, just in case this flag wasn't active when
>>> exiv2 was installed. In the log I can see something like 'XMP support
>>> ....... YES'.
>>> Still no luck. Then, I have recompiled digikam... no luck.
>>> I have tested the command 'exiv2 -eX image.CR2' , and an XMP file is created
>>> for that image... so I guess exiv2 is compiled with XMP support, isn't it?
>>> (I have also posted the question to the Gentoo forum as I know this could be
>>> someting related to some Gentoo configuration, as I am new to this system...
>>> but no luck either...)
>>>
>>> Carlos.
>>>
>>>
>>> 2012/9/30 Gilles Caulier <caulier.gilles at gmail.com>
>>>>
>>>> As usual, look into source code to see the reason :
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> https://projects.kde.org/projects/extragear/graphics/digikam/repository/revisions/master/entry/utilities/setup/setupmetadata.cpp#L239
>>>>
>>>> Your Exiv2 shared library is not compiled with XMP support (it's
>>>> optional)...
>>>>
>>>> Gilles Caulier
>>>>
>>>> 2012/9/30 Carlos <cbarahonae at gmail.com>:
>>>>>
>>>>> I have installed Digikam 2.6.0 on a Gentoo system using Portage.
>>>>> Everything seems ok, except that the options 'Read from sidecar files'
>>>>> and 'Write to sidecar files' appear grayed out so I can't enable them.
>>>>> Also, when I activate metadata info for an image (using the metadata
>>>>> button on
>>>>> the right side bar), I can see tabs for Exif, Makernotes and IPTC info,
>>>>> but the
>>>>> tab for XMP info does not appear.
>>>>> Any clue what could be the cause?
>>>>>
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